The phrase "a common narrative of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing widely accepted stories or interpretations about a particular topic or event.
Example: "The documentary explores a common narrative of the American Dream, highlighting both its allure and its pitfalls."
Alternatives: "a prevalent story of" or "a shared account of".
You could say I fancy a common narrative of redemption.
This is a common narrative of human-machine interactions: a creation is pitted against its creators, aspiring ultimately to supplant them.
Or will it turn out that our paeans to non-violence were just cynical tactics in an amoral international power contest staged by militaristic Israeli and American right-wing groups whose elective affinities lead them to shape a common narrative of the alien Arab/Muslim threat?
A common narrative of these games is a technology-driven "shock and awe" strategy that aligns with US military doctrine adopted since the first Gulf War in 1990, which aims to deter an opponent by pre-emptively striking hard and heavy.
One has investigated the processes behind collective memories how groups of people maintain a common narrative of a period of history.
The first is a common narrative theme of harmful interference by the mythos deities in the affairs of humans, and those humans' choosing whether to accept or challenge the predetermined fates given to them.
The struggle to force a common narrative across any of Clinton's "symptoms" as something chronic, serious and concealed instead of following evidence-based understanding would be laughable if this weren't in itself a concerning pattern of behavior and if the stakes weren't so high.
Regulation and active management of mobility by cities. "They arrived overnight, without warning". This was a common narrative, where hundreds of scooters might arrive in a city without prior notification or coordination with transportation officials.
The fear that a new group will spread disease is a common narrative in the history of American immigration.
This view fits a common narrative among liberal analysts of American politics, most prominently conveyed in "What's the Matter With Kansas," the 2004 best-selling book by Thomas Frank: Republicans use cultural issues like abortion, guns and gay marriage to gain the votes of struggling workers who nonetheless stand to lose the most from the Republicans' small-government agenda.
"This is the end of the post-cold war period in which [the west] felt that liberal democracy and western concepts of human rights were spreading around the world, to a period in which there's a relativisation of political values and the questioning of a common narrative," says Carothers.
